way before Trudeau was found out I had a brief facebook discussion with Trudeau and the gap is his traditional 7 1/8" flipper post to flipper post as all his dmd games are.

people keep saying it is documented but this has never been proven, Stern never admit to mistakes so I for one don't believe it is documented just like the spelling mistake, pooling playfields etc.

what makes the gap seem bigger is the initial 6 months the flippers were set lower so you couldn't cradle and the flippers were lifted a little after about the 6 month mark. Also the initial 6 months had the outlane guides too low so people were getting alot of lane hop

no, it was never added as factory item

I did explain and had to prove with photos a while back, YES both Creature and Ghostbusters have 7 1/8" centres between flipper posts - what contributes to the wide gap feel is the slightly droppie flippers on Ghostbusters

here are some of the facts

my challenge to someone else
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/ghostbusters-club-we-got-one/page/136#post-5178245

and here are my comparison photos
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/ghostbusters-club-we-got-one/page/136#post-5179539

person agreed with me
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/ghostbusters-club-we-got-one/page/136#post-5178855